Bee-hive



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C. HOWARD.

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vNo.v 251,716. Patented Jan. 3.1882.

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Patented Jan. 3, 1882.

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CHARLESHOWARD, OF SCI-RGLEVILLE, INDIANA.

BEE-Hive.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,716, dated January 3, 1882,

` Application filed November 14, 1881.` (Model.)

.To all whom it may concern: l 1

Be it known that I, CHARLES HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scircleville, in the county of Clinton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bee-Hives; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, ref erence being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures oi' referencemarkcd thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of a bee-hive constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the outer casing removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is atop plan view with the top of casing and comb-frames removed; and Fig. 4 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of one of the comb-frames. The object of the presentinvention is to fur nish an improved bee-hive which shall be simple in construction aswell as convenient in use, and enabling the operations necessary in taking care Vof the bees to be readily and eft'ectually performed without disturbing them, especially when cleaning the hives or removing the worms or moths therefrom, or to ascertain their presence without annoying the bees. These objects I attain by the construc tion substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the bottom of the hive, having permanently connected thereto the vertical or upright wall B and posts C D. Each of the posts, and also the wall, is provided with suitable metallic conining-plates, a, for the reception of removable glass slides E F, which, Vtogether with the wall B, form the four sides of the hive, thereby enabling the interior of the hive to be inspected without disturbing the bees and the glass slides removed when found necessary toobtain access to the interior.v

Connected to the upper ends of the posts C D is a cross-bar, G, having connected thereto a metallic plate, b, and opposite to the inner side ot' the wall B is a cleat, f, having a simillar plate, e. These metallic plates b eform bearings for suitable metallic journals, c, projecting from the ends of the usual sections, H,

number, as may also the sections H, according to the size or capacity of the hive.

The bottom A of the hive is provided with a lremovable false bottom, L, to admit the ready cleaning of the bottom of the worms or moths.

The metallic portions of the hive are to prevent the bees from applying w'ax, thereby permitting the more ready removal, adjustment, or handling of the several parts composing the hive.-

The outer casing, M, of the hive is composed of a top and three sides only, and when closed down over the hive rests upon a ledge around the bottom ofthe hive, the wall B completing the four sides, thereby forming a protection to the hive and its glass slides. The peculiar form of the casing M is such that when tipped over, as shown in the drawings Fig. l, it enables the interior of the hive to be inspected through the glass slides E F without in the least disturbing the bees; and should it be found necessary to obtain access to the inte'- rior, the glass slides may be raised and removed without danger of annoying the bees or molesting them.

The particular form and construction ot' the casing M, the removable glass slidesE F, and stationary wall B form together the essential feature of my invention, and the combining of them together is considered of such importance in this class of bee-hives as to render them more practical and useful in the culture of bees.

The casing M, when closed down over the hive, can be fastened by any convenient means to the stationary wall B, so that there will be no possibility of its being detached by accident.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y 1. In a bee-hive, the bottom A, provided with the stationary wallB and posts C D, and removable glass slides E F, in combination with the casing M, of the form shown, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. p

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2. A bee-hive consisting of the bottom A, hereunto subscribed my name in the presence Wall B, posts O D, glass slides E F,`fa1se botof two Witnesses.

tom L sections H skeleton-partition I, combframes K, and the easing M, all constructed (JHARLES HOWARD 5 and arranged to operate as shown and de- Witnesses:

scribed. HENRY F. BAKER,

In testimony that I claim the above I have J. R. HELVEY. 

